Alert archive / Texas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1997
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 313, NWS Fort Worth, TX
NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 20, 1997, 6:58 PM CDT for Fannin County, Texas. It was in force for 47 min. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 20, 1997, 6:58 PM CDT (23:58 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 20, 1997, 7:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 47 min
- Issued by
- NWS Fort Worth, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Fannin County, TX
The radar
The Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 159 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:01 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 20, 7:25 PM CDT | Hail 0.88 | Windom, TX | |
| Aug 20, 7:25 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 87 | Windom, TX | Strong winds, estimated at more than 100 mph, caused severe building damage, demolished two grain elevators, destroyed sheds, damaged homes, and blew down power lines. Flying debris injured a man at the feed mill, where much of the damage occurred. |
NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in.
The text
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Fort Worth, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 20, 6:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Jack | 49 min |
| Aug 20, 6:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Lamar | 56 min |
Nearby
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.